Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

The ball, you say, has gone out of play over the touch line so the ONLY possible restart is a throw-in. Team A's player is either cautioned and shown the yellow card or sent off and shown the red card depending on the amount of force used. It's also possible that, in the opinion of the referee, Player A did not knock Player B down through any unfair action on his part. That is to say there would be no misconduct and no card of any kind. Regardless, the restart has to be a throw-in.

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Kurt, you have a breach of discipline here. These are handled as misconduct and once that is finished you'll restart commensurate with how play stopped in the first place. You said that was for throw-in.

Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

Throw -in and before the restart a verbal warning to the transgressor and see to the downed player! If the misconduct was cautionable, show yellow OR if excessive, send off, show red and reduce the side. Cheers

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